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This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Japan men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Japan men's national water polo team has participated in 9 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.^[1]

Abbreviations

Apps	Appearances	Rk	Rank	Ref	Reference	Cap No.	Water polo cap number
Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper	ISHOF	International Swimming Hall of Fame
L/R	Handedness	L	Left-handed	R	Right-handed	Oly debut	Olympic debut in water polo
(C)	Captain	p.	page	pp.	pages

Team statistics

Comprehensive results by tournament

Notes:

• Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
• At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, but only American contestants participated. Currently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904.
• Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

Men's team[1]	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Japan	—	—	—					4	14	—			14	11	12	15		—	11								12	Q	9
Total teams	7		4	6	12	13	14	5	16	18	21	10	16	13	15	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Number of appearances

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

Men's team[1]	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Japan	9	4	2	1932	2020*	Fourth place	Asia – AASF

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

Men's team[1]	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Japan	Fourth place (1932)	9	Asia – AASF

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

Men's team[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Japan	1				1 (1932)	1932	1932

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Men's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Japan (JPN)	0	0	0	0

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

• Number of four-time Olympians: 0
• Number of three-time Olympians: 0
• Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

• Number of goalscorers (50+ goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (40–49 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
1932		Takashige Matsumoto	1908	23		Starting goalkeeper	[2]
		(Unknown)
1936		Jihei Furusho	1914	21		Starting goalkeeper	[3]
		(Unknown)
1960		Mineo Kato	1934	26		Starting goalkeeper	[4]
		(Unknown)
1964		Mineo Kato (2)	1934	30		Starting goalkeeper	[4]
		(Unknown)
1968	1	Tetsunosuke Ishii	1944	24		Starting goalkeeper	[5]
		(Unknown)
1972	1	Yukiharu Oshita	1949	23		Starting goalkeeper	[6]
		(Unknown)
1984	1	Etsuji Fujita	1961	23		Starting goalkeeper	[7]
		(Unknown)
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2016	1	Katsuyuki Tanamura	1989	27	52	113	46.0%		Starting goalkeeper	[8]
	13	Tomoyoshi Fukushima	1993	23	0	0	—			[9]
2020	1	Katsuyuki Tanamura (2)	1989	31						[8]
	13	Tomoyoshi Fukushima (2)	1993	28						[9]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2016 (pp. 125–126).

Top sprinters

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

• Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won, since 2000): 0
• Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 0
• Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 0
• Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 1
• Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Legend and abbreviation

•     – Hosts
• Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)

Male players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics (statistics since 2000)

Rk	Sprinter	Birth	Total sprints won	Total sprints contested	Eff %	Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
						1	2	3	4	5
1	Mitsuaki Shiga	1991	6	13	46.2%	2016 (6/13)					24/24			[10]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2016 (pp. 125–126).

See also

• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Japan at the Olympics

References

Sources

Official Reports (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

Official Results Books (IOC)

PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:

• Official Results Book – 2000 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
• Official Results Book – 2004 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)
• Official Results Book – 2008 Olympic Games – Water Polo (download, archive)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo (archive) (pp. 284–507)

PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:

• Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

PDF documents on the International Olympic Committee website:

• Official Results Book – 2020 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)

Official Reports (FINA)

PDF documents on the FINA website:

• HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics (as of September 2019) (archive) (pp. 4–13)
• 1870–2020 | 150 years of Water Polo – Evolution of its rules (archive)

Official website (IOC)

Water polo on the International Olympic Committee website:

• Water polo
• Men's water polo

Olympedia

Water polo on the Olympedia website:

Sports Reference

Water polo on the Sports Reference website:

Todor66

Water polo on the Todor66 website:

ISHOF

International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) website:

External links

• Japan men's national water polo team – Official website
• Olympic water polo – Official website